Santa Clarita Valley History In Pictures
> MELODY RANCH
Barbara Britton & Sonny Tufts with Calf
"The Virginian" (Paramount 1946)

Click image to enlarge

Barbara Britton and Sonny Tufts, co-stars in the 1946 Joel McCrea vehicle, "The Virginian," pose with a calf.

Locally, the Paramount picture was filmed at the Placeritos (Monogram) Ranch and at Andy Jauregui's movie ranch in Placerita Canyon. Jauregui also provided stock for movies (and rodeos) and may have provided this calf.

8x10 glossy wire photo date-stamped Sept. 29, 1945, from an unknown (illegible) newspaper archive. Cutline reads:

SMART DOGIE — Movie animal trainers are so proficient that even this young calf, admired by Barbara Britton and Sonny Tufts, proved perfectly tame when it performed in scenes for Paramount's Technicolor production, "The Virginian."

The production also used the Paramount Ranch in Agoura, Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks, and a location in Kernville.

The rest of the credited cast includes Brian Donlevy, Fay Bainter, Tom Tully, Henry O'Neill, Bill Edwards, William Frawley, Paul Guilfoyle, Marc Lawrence and Vince Barnett.



Click to enlarge.


LW3099: 9600 dpi jpeg from original wire photo purchased 2017 by Leon Worden.
THE VIRGINIAN
Paramount 1946

thumbnail

Placerita Canyon Set

thumbnail

thumbnail

thumbnail

El Virginiano

thumbnail

thumbnail

thumbnail

thumbnail

RETURN TO TOP ]   RETURN TO MAIN INDEX ]   PHOTO CREDITS ]   BIBLIOGRAPHY ]   BOOKS FOR SALE ]
SCVHistory.com is another service of SCVTV, a 501c3 Nonprofit • Site contents ©SCVTV
The site owner makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the site owner. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
comments powered by Disqus